Nucleation and phase transition of decagonal quasicrystals

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Main Authors: Zhou, Tiejun, Zhang, Lei, Zhang, Pingwen, Shi, An-Chang, Jiang, Kai
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Published: 2024
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author Zhou, Tiejun
Zhang, Lei
Zhang, Pingwen
Shi, An-Chang
Jiang, Kai
author_facet Zhou, Tiejun
Zhang, Lei
Zhang, Pingwen
Shi, An-Chang
Jiang, Kai
contents In this work, we study the nucleation of quasicrystals from liquid or periodic crystals by developing an efficient order-order phase transition algorithm, namely the nullspace-preserving saddle search method. Specifically, we focus on nucleation and phase transitions of the decagonal quasicrystal (DQC) based on the Lifshitz-Petrich model. We present the nucleation path of DQC from the liquid and demonstrate one- and two-stage transition paths between DQC and periodic crystals. We provide a perspective of the group-subgroup phase transition and nucleation rates to understand the nucleation and phase transition mechanisms involving DQC. These results reveal the one-step and stepwise modes of symmetry breaking or recovery in the phase transition from DQC, where the stepwise modes are more probable.
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spellingShingle Nucleation and phase transition of decagonal quasicrystals
Zhou, Tiejun
Zhang, Lei
Zhang, Pingwen
Shi, An-Chang
Jiang, Kai
Materials Science
Other Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
Chemical Physics
In this work, we study the nucleation of quasicrystals from liquid or periodic crystals by developing an efficient order-order phase transition algorithm, namely the nullspace-preserving saddle search method. Specifically, we focus on nucleation and phase transitions of the decagonal quasicrystal (DQC) based on the Lifshitz-Petrich model. We present the nucleation path of DQC from the liquid and demonstrate one- and two-stage transition paths between DQC and periodic crystals. We provide a perspective of the group-subgroup phase transition and nucleation rates to understand the nucleation and phase transition mechanisms involving DQC. These results reveal the one-step and stepwise modes of symmetry breaking or recovery in the phase transition from DQC, where the stepwise modes are more probable.
title Nucleation and phase transition of decagonal quasicrystals
topic Materials Science
Other Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.05753